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C. A. BREWER.

4 SALES BOARD. APPLICATION FILED MAR.15.1519

Patented July 8, 1919.

. CHARLES A. BREWER, or cmcso nnmoie, sgsxenon 'ro CHARLES A; BREWER e sons, or omoeoo, ILLmoIs, A rmrsmnsm cozrsxsrme" or memes A. BREWER, NELSON c. BREWER, mm s. BREWER, AND nvsss'r'r n. snnwnn.

January 17, 1905. These devices consist subwho can punch outv the stantially of a board containing a number of transverse'holes in which are loudedslips of paper containing various indicia, the ends of the holes being sealed by paper. sheets and the slips being ejected by a punch. 'ihese devices may be variously used, either for the. vending'and advertisin purposes set forth in the aforesaid Letters atent, or as a game board for educational and amusement purposes, as, for instance, the a r slips-may contain the letters of the a p abet printed thereon, and'the object of the game may he to see which of the players can first punch out enough letters to build-a word, or the slip may contain numerals printed thereon and the object of the game may be to see ighest aggregate or sum in a given number of punches.

One annoyance that has developed in connection with the use of these devices is the liability of losing the punch or key, which in. user is very liable to thoughtlessly sli'p into his pocket and carry away. Still another disadvantage connected with the packing and shi pin ofthese devices in bulk resides in the act t atv space must be provided for the punches or keys, thereby necessitating some waste space over what is required for the packaging of a considerable number of the plain rectangular boards. Furthermore, punches when packedin a package with boards are frequently lost, as the punch package is small. and the person unpacking the boards does not find it, leaving it with the waste.

Vith a view to obviating the above mentioned objections and defects I have devised the improvement forming the subject matter of the resent invention, which I will now proceec to describe.

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The invention is illustrated as to-struc v ture and mode of use in the'accompanying drawing, in-which-" f Fi re 1 is a rear elevation of the sales w boar broken out between-its upper and, lower ends, and showing the punch or key disposed in the pocketprovided therefor in the'npper edge of, the board; and

flii g. 2 is a vertical section on the line 28 0 i Referring to the drawin 5 desi atee'zas'" an entirety the bo'ard'itsel which in the instance shown, is mnde up of a plurality of heavy cardboard sheets 6 pasted together to reduce a laminetedstructure and containmg the transverse rforations or apertures, 7. Both ends of t apertures unsealed by thin sheets 8 of easily perforated-piper,- and overthe SheetsB-are pasted thinper" forated cardboard sheets 9 hevin holes reg istering with the main holes 7 an servingns;

uid'es for the application of the unchIo'rey 10; the thin sealing sheets 8 being prefJ-w erably of ediflerent, contrasting color from the outer guide sheets 9, so as to readilyindi, cate the proper points of up lication of'th key. Within the holes 7 are coded the fold ed or curled paper slip: ;11 containing th 3 printed indicia or sym ls, the character of" which depends upon the use and purpose of; the device.

In theupper edge of the board I form recess or pocket 12 of the proper size and-g5- shspe to tightly fit and contain the punch 10. In the particular structure of board here shown this may very easily be done by cut ting a, relatively deep notch 12' in one of the cardboard members 6 of the structure, and no cutting a somewhat shallower. and re 'ster-g. ing notch 12" in the outer sheet 9. e key? is readily inserted, point foremost,- in this pocket in the manner clearly indicated in ig. 1, the sides of the key fittingthe sides can of the pocket with sufiicient friction to prevent the key from fallin out even when the board is inverted, an the outer notch 12 facilitating its extraction by the thumb and finger of the user. To prevent the lie- '100 bility of the key becoming lost or mislaid or being accidentally carried away, I preferably attach the key to the board by a cord 13 of suilicient length to permit application of the key to any of ithe holes of the sales board.

It will readily be seen from the fore ing' how my present improvement accomp ishes the stated objects of the invention. By rmanently attaching the key to the boar by record or string, I prevent the lossof the key, and by providing the pocket for the reception of the key I amenabled todispose the latter for shipment with the board without requiring any more packing and ship-- .be seen that my improvement does not appreciably interfere 'with the use of this for such purposes. l

Although I have shown and described a space laminated board, it will be understood that this specific structure of board is not of the essence of the invention, since a one piece board of wood or other material may be mortised therein.

I claim: '1. A sales board of the character described,

5 having formed in one edge thereof an inwardly extending pocket lying wholly within the surface boundaries of said board and used, with the key-receiving pocket suitably shaped to receive and snugly fit a punch inserted therein. 1

2. A sales board of the character described, having formed therein a pocket to receive and held a; punch, said pocket having an end 0 ening in one edge of the board and a sha low side opening in one side of the board continuous with said end opening and i of less depth than the depth of the pocket. 3. Asales board of the characterdescri'bed, 1

having formed therein a pocket to receive and hold a punch, said pocket having an end opening in the upper edge of the board and a shallow side opening in therear side of the board continuous with said end opening and of less depth than the depth of said pocket.

4. The combination with a sales board having formed in one edge thereof an inwardly extending pocket having side walls lying between the front and rear sides of the board, of a punch adapted to snugly fit and lie wholly within said pocket, and a'cord by which said punch is permanently attached to said board.

5. The combination with a sales board havi formed therein a pocket to receive and ho d a punch, said pocket having side walls.

lying between the front and rear sides of the board, an end opening in'the upper edge of said board, and a shallow side opening in the rear side of said board continuous with said end opening, of a punch snugly fitting and wholly contained within 'said pocket, and a cord by which said punch i's permanently attached to said board.

CHARLES A; BREWER. 

